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Heavy rainfall hit the Tokyo metropolitan area on Wednesday, August 21 disrupting some train services during evening rush hour. Videos posted on social media shows water falling from ceilings like a waterfall inside stations and streets flooded like a river across the city.

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(3)Funeral held for 2 Japanese diplomats killed in Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi speaks at a funeral for two Japanese diplomats -- Katsuhiko Oku and Masamori Inoue -- who were killed in Iraq last weekend at Aoyama Funeral Hall in Tokyo on Dec. 6. (Pool photo)

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(7)Funeral held for 2 Japanese diplomats killed in Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Mourners see off two hearses carrying with coffins of the two slain Japanese diplomats, Katsuhiko Oku and Masamori Inoue, leaving Aoyama Funeral Hall on Dec. 6. The two were killed in northern Iraq last week.

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(4)Funeral held for 2 Japanese diplomats killed in Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi replies to questions from reporters at his official residence in Tokyo after attending a funeral at Aoyama Funeral Hall in Tokyo on Dec. 6. for the two Japanese diplomats -- Katsuhiko Oku and Masamori Inoue -- who were killed in Iraq last weekend. (Pool photo)

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(1)Funeral held for 2 Japanese diplomats killed in Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi attends a funeral at Aoyama Funeral Hall in Tokyo on Dec. 6 for the two Japanese diplomats -- Katsuhiko Oku and Masamori Inoue -- who were killed in Iraq last weekend. The funeral was organized by the Foreign Ministry and family members of the diplomats. (Pool photo)

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(5)Funeral held for 2 Japanese diplomats killed in Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Mourners pray at a funeral for Katsuhiko Oku and Masamori Inoue, Japanese diplomats killed in Iraq last weekend, at Aoyama Funeral Hall in Tokyo on Dec. 6. (Pool photo)

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(2)Funeral held for 2 Japanese diplomats killed in Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi offers his condolences in front of photos of the two slain Japanese diplomats -- Katsuhiko Oku and Masamori Inoue -- at Aoyama Funeral Hall in Tokyo on Dec. 6. They were killed in Iraq last weekend. (Pool photo)

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(6)Funeral held for 2 Japanese diplomats killed in Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - People line up to sign a book of condolences for Katsuhiko Oku and Masamori Inoue, the two Japanese diplomats killed in Iraq last weekend, at Aoyama Funeral Hall in Tokyo on Dec. 6.

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(2)Foreign Ministry staff bid farewell to slain diplomats

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (2nd from R) and her staff bow to offer their silent prayers as a hearse carrying one of the bodies of two slain diplomats, Katsuhiko Oku and Masamori Inoue, is driven past the Foreign Ministry building in Tokyo on Dec. 5.

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(3)Foreign Ministry staff bid farewell to slain diplomats

TOKYO, Japan - Led by a police car, a hearse carrying one of the bodies of two slain Japanese diplomats, Katsuhiko Oku and Masamori Inoue, is driven past the Foreign Ministry building in Tokyo on Dec. 5 to allow them to bid farewell to the place where they once worked.

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Foreign Ministry staff bid farewell to slain diplomats

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (R fore) and her staff bow to offer their silent prayers as hearses carrying the bodies of the two slain diplomats, Katsuhiko Oku and Masamori Inoue, are driven past the Foreign Ministry building in Tokyo on Dec. 5.

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(1)Foreign Ministry staff bid farewell to slain diplomats

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Ministry staff bid farewell to the two slain diplomats, Katsuhiko Oku and Masamori Inoue, as hearses carrying their bodies are driven past the Foreign Ministry building in Tokyo on Dec. 5.

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(5)Bodies of diplomats return to Japan with relatives

NARITA, Japan - Yukino Inoue (R), wife of Japanese diplomat Masamori Inoue, who was killed in Iraq on Nov. 29, tries to overcome her sorrow as she watches the coffin containing her husband's body moved from a plane on arrival at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Dec. 4.

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(3)Bodies of diplomats return to Japan with relatives

NARITA, Japan - Honor guards spread national flags over the coffins containing the bodies of two slain Japanese diplomats, Katsuhiko Oku (L) and Masamori Inoue, at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Dec. 4.

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(2)Bodies of diplomats return to Japan with relatives

NARITA, Japan - The coffin containing the body of Masamori Inoue, a Japanese diplomat killed in Iraq on Nov. 29, is carried by honor guards as his family members and relatives watch on arrival at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Dec. 4. Inoue, a third secretary when he was killed, was promoted posthumously to first secretary.

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(2)Families of 2 slain diplomats view bodies in Kuwait

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Family members of the two Japanese diplomats killed in northern Iraq over the weekend head to a site to view their bodies on Dec. 2 in Kuwait. The families of Katsuhiko Oku, 45, and Masamori Inoue, 30, arrived in Kuwait earlier in the day.

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(1)Families of 2 slain diplomats view bodies in Kuwait

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Family members of the two Japanese diplomats killed in northern Iraq over the weekend head to a site to view their bodies on Dec. 2 in Kuwait. The families of Katsuhiko Oku, 45, and Masamori Inoue, 30, arrived in Kuwait earlier in the day.

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(1)Deaths of diplomats mourned

TOKYO, Japan - People register their condolences over the deaths of two Japanese diplomats, Katsuhiko Oku and Masamori Inoue, in Iraq in a book opened at the Foreign Ministry on Dec. 2.

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Book of condolences opened for slain diplomats

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese Foreign Ministry opened a book of condolences in its lobby on Dec. 1 for people wishing to express their sadness over the deaths of Japanese diplomats killed Nov. 29 in northern Iraq -- Katsuhiko Oku and Masamori Inoue.

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Family members of killed diplomats leave for Kuwait

NARITA, Japan - Yukino Inoue, wife of Masamori Inoue, one of the two Japanese diplomats killed in northern Iraq on Nov. 29, holds her son Kotaro's hand at Narita airport on Dec. 1 before heading for Kuwait, where her husband's body was sent.

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Site of killing of 2 Japanese diplomats

TIKRIT, northern Iraq - Local police investigators stand near the site in Tikrit, northern Iraq, on Nov. 30 where two Japanese diplomats -- 30-year-old Masamori Inoue and 45-year-old Katsuhiko Oku -- were ambushed and shot to death on Nov. 29.

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(4)2 Japanese diplomats killed in Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Masamori Inoue (R), a third secretary from the Japanese Embassy in Baghdad, is seen unfolding a Japanese national flag at the embassy on May 8, 2003 when the embassy resumed business after a two-month hiatus. Inoue and Katsuhiko Oku, a counselor from the Japanese Embassy in London, were killed in an ambush in northern Iraq on Nov. 29.

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(5)Funeral held for 2 Japanese diplomats killed in Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Mourners pray at a funeral for Katsuhiko Oku and Masamori Inoue, Japanese diplomats killed in Iraq last weekend, at Aoyama Funeral Hall in Tokyo on Dec. 6. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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(2)Bodies of diplomats return to Japan with relatives

NARITA, Japan - The coffin containing the body of Masamori Inoue, a Japanese diplomat killed in Iraq on Nov. 29, is carried by honor guards as his family members and relatives watch on arrival at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Dec. 4. Inoue, a third secretary when he was killed, was promoted posthumously to first secretary. (Kyodo)

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(2)2 Japanese diplomats killed in Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Masamori Inoue (file photo), a third secretary from the Japanese Embassy in Baghdad, was among two Japanese diplomats killed in northern Iraq on Nov. 29. The two were ambushed near Tikrit, about 150 kilometers north of Baghdad, while traveling in a black four-wheel drive vehicle. (Kyodo)

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(2)Funeral held for 2 Japanese diplomats killed in Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi offers his condolences in front of photos of the two slain Japanese diplomats -- Katsuhiko Oku and Masamori Inoue -- at Aoyama Funeral Hall in Tokyo on Dec. 6. They were killed in Iraq last weekend. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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(2)Foreign Ministry staff bid farewell to slain diplomats

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (2nd from R) and her staff bow to offer their silent prayers as a hearse carrying one of the bodies of two slain diplomats, Katsuhiko Oku and Masamori Inoue, is driven past the Foreign Ministry building in Tokyo on Dec. 5. (Kyodo)

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(2)Families of 2 slain diplomats view bodies in Kuwait

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Family members of the two Japanese diplomats killed in northern Iraq over the weekend head to a site to view their bodies on Dec. 2 in Kuwait. The families of Katsuhiko Oku, 45, and Masamori Inoue, 30, arrived in Kuwait earlier in the day. (Kyodo)

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(1)Funeral held for 2 Japanese diplomats killed in Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi attends a funeral at Aoyama Funeral Hall in Tokyo on Dec. 6 for the two Japanese diplomats -- Katsuhiko Oku and Masamori Inoue -- who were killed in Iraq last weekend. The funeral was organized by the Foreign Ministry and family members of the diplomats. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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(1)Foreign Ministry staff bid farewell to slain diplomats

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Ministry staff bid farewell to the two slain diplomats, Katsuhiko Oku and Masamori Inoue, as hearses carrying their bodies are driven past the Foreign Ministry building in Tokyo on Dec. 5. (Kyodo)

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(1)Families of 2 slain diplomats view bodies in Kuwait

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Family members of the two Japanese diplomats killed in northern Iraq over the weekend head to a site to view their bodies on Dec. 2 in Kuwait. The families of Katsuhiko Oku, 45, and Masamori Inoue, 30, arrived in Kuwait earlier in the day. (Kyodo)

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(7)Funeral held for 2 Japanese diplomats killed in Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Mourners see off two hearses carrying with coffins of the two slain Japanese diplomats, Katsuhiko Oku and Masamori Inoue, leaving Aoyama Funeral Hall on Dec. 6. The two were killed in northern Iraq last week. (Kyodo)

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(6)Funeral held for 2 Japanese diplomats killed in Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - People line up to sign a book of condolences for Katsuhiko Oku and Masamori Inoue, the two Japanese diplomats killed in Iraq last weekend, at Aoyama Funeral Hall in Tokyo on Dec. 6. (Kyodo)

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(4)Funeral held for 2 Japanese diplomats killed in Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi replies to questions from reporters at his official residence in Tokyo after attending a funeral at Aoyama Funeral Hall in Tokyo on Dec. 6. for the two Japanese diplomats -- Katsuhiko Oku and Masamori Inoue -- who were killed in Iraq last weekend. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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(3)Funeral held for 2 Japanese diplomats killed in Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi speaks at a funeral for two Japanese diplomats -- Katsuhiko Oku and Masamori Inoue -- who were killed in Iraq last weekend at Aoyama Funeral Hall in Tokyo on Dec. 6. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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(3)Foreign Ministry staff bid farewell to slain diplomats

TOKYO, Japan - Led by a police car, a hearse carrying one of the bodies of two slain Japanese diplomats, Katsuhiko Oku and Masamori Inoue, is driven past the Foreign Ministry building in Tokyo on Dec. 5 to allow them to bid farewell to the place where they once worked. (Kyodo)

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(5)Bodies of diplomats return to Japan with relatives

NARITA, Japan - Yukino Inoue (R), wife of Japanese diplomat Masamori Inoue, who was killed in Iraq on Nov. 29, tries to overcome her sorrow as she watches the coffin containing her husband's body moved from a plane on arrival at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Dec. 4. (Kyodo)

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(3)Bodies of diplomats return to Japan with relatives

NARITA, Japan - Honor guards spread national flags over the coffins containing the bodies of two slain Japanese diplomats, Katsuhiko Oku (L) and Masamori Inoue, at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Dec. 4. (Kyodo)

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Site of killing of 2 Japanese diplomats

TIKRIT, northern Iraq - Local police investigators stand near the site in Tikrit, northern Iraq, on Nov. 30 where two Japanese diplomats -- 30-year-old Masamori Inoue and 45-year-old Katsuhiko Oku -- were ambushed and shot to death on Nov. 29. (Kyodo)

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Family members of killed diplomats leave for Kuwait

NARITA, Japan - Yukino Inoue, wife of Masamori Inoue, one of the two Japanese diplomats killed in northern Iraq on Nov. 29, holds her son Kotaro's hand at Narita airport on Dec. 1 before heading for Kuwait, where her husband's body was sent. (Kyodo)

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Book of condolences opened for slain diplomats

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese Foreign Ministry opened a book of condolences in its lobby on Dec. 1 for people wishing to express their sadness over the deaths of Japanese diplomats killed Nov. 29 in northern Iraq -- Katsuhiko Oku and Masamori Inoue. (Kyodo)

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(4)2 Japanese diplomats killed in Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Masamori Inoue (R), a third secretary from the Japanese Embassy in Baghdad, is seen unfolding a Japanese national flag at the embassy on May 8, 2003 when the embassy resumed business after a two-month hiatus. Inoue and Katsuhiko Oku, a counselor from the Japanese Embassy in London, were killed in an ambush in northern Iraq on Nov. 29. (Kyodo)